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And I have a E28 that gets driven hard with no rust!

Sorry.

Fantastic

Meet the fastest BMW in the world. This is the M6 Hurricane CS, and thanks to a mightily tuned version of the M Division’s 5-litre V10 engine, it’ll hit 231mph. That’s 86mph more than you’ll manage in an electronically-limited regular BMW M6. The heat has been cranked up several notches by G-Power, ...

After my eyes were assaulted by the pictures, I gave up.

Simply horrendous, although the 4.8 engine is a cracker (same as in my 550i).
Apparently, the engine was originally an Alpina engine - but, that's no excuse for Alpina badges.

I posted an answer on another forum winkeye I'd say the E34 is being dragged down by the number of ratty E34 M5's kicking about. Once they die, values will go up. Having owned or driven all 4 variants of the M5, I'd say the E34 is the best built, and best all round car. The E28 is the most fun to dr...

Odd, the same post seems to have appeared on a few BMW forums in the last 24 hours...

bit of a change from a Fabia to a Z4!
Do you mean N52 btw? I don't think the N42 was in the Z4?

www.zed-cars.eu

www.zroadster.net

Last year I saw a stunning orange 2002tii on the M6, I was really tempted to offer him a swap for the Z4...

740i is the same engine as the 135i, 335i and new Z4 - it's a 3.0 twin-turbo, apparently in a different state of tune, although most 135i's and 335i's seem to make the same sort of figures on a dyno.

Do they? In what?

Twin-turbos seem to be being used in all the newer BMW set-ups.
Interesting that the power and torque are pretty similar to the new X5-M and X6-M V8's - makes you wonder why they bothered and didn't just go M7...

capri_rob wrote:4.0 V8 + Manual box =

Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't the E39 540's all the M62 4.4?

My mates 840 was a PRISTINE example, every thing working, fully dealer maintained from new. And just that very dealer offered 3.5k partex for a new 7 series. Bought for 20k two years eralier. 10k? You must be joking I beg to differ, a car is worth what someone is willing to pay for it, within reaso...

To be honest, the whole 'electrical nightmare' thing is a bit of a myth - you only ever hear the horror stories, rarely the people who have no major issues at all. Simple fact is any prestige car with problems is going to cost a lot of money to fix, be it a Porsche, BMW, Ferrari, whatever. The 840 p...

M1 - 455 built, 270bhp, 0-60 5.5 seconds.

The Z3 suffers from subframe and diff problems. I heard of it happening on everything from 1.8's up.
I know there were 6 pot Compacts in LHD.

Do E36 Compacts suffer from it too, as they are mechanically very similar to the Z3?

E23 Touring:

E32 Kombi / Touring:

http://www.lr-fahrzeugbau.de/historie.html

Interestingly, this is rather similar to the issue that affects the Z3...

I knew one of the E38 or E39 had a different center bore, couldn't remember which.

The offset is correct, but, IIRC the center bore is different. Can't remember which way round it is, but, I think E38 is bigger, so, you'll need hub centric rings.

Servicing costs of the 850 are a lot higher, as it has 2 of most things - air filters, oil filters, ecu's and so on. It is a good engine (and apparently all the V12's were built in the M factory).

I believe BMW did have a couple of 750i E32 Tourings built, there used to be one at the factory museum - may still be there. They have all sorts of interesting cars that never reached production, like a V16 E32 7, E23 V8 (basically 2 M10 4's joined together, same as the later V12 basically being 2 6...

840i (or, preferably an 840Ci, with the 4.4) is just as quick, cheaper to run, lighter and sportier, plus you can get it in manual.
Only 850 I'd take over an 840 would be the CSi.

Audio and no sound?

The CSL was engineered by Alpina, and is often considered the first M car.
The CSi wasn't AFAIK

http://www.classicdriver.de/uk/find/410 ... lerid=1337
Tasty

Japan is RHD, which makes me wonder was it somewhere else before going to Japan.
Although some Japanese people do seem to like the prestige of driving a LHD.

540 is a bit quicker still according to http://www.bmwe34.net/E34main/Other/Models.htm

This is the "show but no more go" model isn't it - in that it's basically a standard 535i with Alpina bodykit and wheels?
I thought only the UK got those?

Certainly seems to have done.

Splondike wrote:Yeah - with Irish plates iirc

That'll be him, is one of my friends.

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